Class A Tire Blow and Roll-over

Mile High wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:

Mile High wrote:
I can't find it now, but I read the article about that roll-over, and the couple were elderly and walked away with minor injuries. The Driver said it caught him completely off guard. The article also credited the cable barrier for preventing him from crossing into oncoming traffic.

Saw this video about how to handle a blowout - All good info, but I honestly don't think I would automatically react the way they recommend.

Nevada Test Center

Don't know about the article you read but the cable barriers DID NOT prevent him from crossing in to oncoming traffic. If you click on my link above you will see that the coach ended up on it's side, with the truck, and it had slid all of the way across the oncoming lanes and stopped in the curb lane. It was fortunate that there was no traffic in the opposite direction at the time when the RV was sliding over.

Just saying what I read - wasn't there, don't care.

Found it by the way - it was actually a quote from the State Patrol, so take it for what it is worth.

Huffington Post

You are correct. The cable didn't completely stop him from making to the other side, but it clearly slowed him way down, diverted his course, and caused a delay before he got into the other lanes. If you watch the video, you see that he was heading directly for two vehicles in the opposite lanes, a white SUV and then a red vehicle behind that. Had it not been for the cable he would have probably taken them out head on. But the cable turned the motorhome back to the right and then caused it to tip over and slide into the other lanes. Had there been other vehicles behind the first two, there is a good chance they would have had time to stop or drive around him, or at the very least it wouldn't have been as violent of a collision.